Safety razor blade dispenser



Feb. 17, 1953 z. AUERBACH f 2,528,710

SAFETY RAZOR BLADE DISPENSER Filed June l5, 1948 27 ,5 lNvENToR ZEMACH AUERBAcH,

JLfAMW TTORNEY Patented Feb. 17, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAFETY RAZOR BLADE DISPENSER Zemach Auerbach, Bronx, N. Y. Application June 15, 1948, Serial No. 33,159

(o1. s-1s) A' 1 Claim.

This invention relates to dispensers for safety razor blades.

Broadly, it is xan object or the invention to p-rovide dispensers for razor blades which are housed within s-uch dispensers, such dispensers having means for preventing ythe cutting edges of the blades from becoming marred while the blades are in the dispensers and during the process of ejecting such blades from the dispensers.

More particularly, it is an object to provide means to perm-it the fingers of the hand to eject blades singly.

A further object is to provide each of such dispensers with a guard in the form of an extension to prevent the fingers of the hand coming in contact with the cutting edges of the blade being ejected.

Still another object is to ypermit the blade which is being ejected to ybe safely mounted directly upon the razor.

A kfurther object is to provide dispensers of simple and inexpensive construction and material which permit automatic, rapid and inexpensive assembly of blades within such dispensers.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, Will be set forth in the following description and in the claims wherein parts Will be identified 'by specific names for convenience but they are intended to be as generic in their application to sim-ilar parts as the art will permit. In the accompanying drawings there has bee-n ill-ustrated the best embodiment of the invention known to me, but such embodiment is to be regarded as typical only of many possible embodiments, and the invention is not to be limited thereto.

The novel features considered characteristic of my invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claim. The invention itself, however, both as to its organization and its method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will best be understood from the following description of a specific embodiment when read in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the razor blade dispenser showing a razor blade being extracted therefrom and about to be `placed in position upon a razor.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the razor blade dispenser showing a razor blade positioned therein, partially broken away to show a ledge.

Fig. 3 is a similar view but shows a razor blade partially projected from said dispenser and in position to be placed upon a razor.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section taken .along line 4 4 of Fig. 2but shows the dispenser without razor blades therein.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section taken along the line 5 5 of Fig.v3.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the interior of the blade holder of the dispenser which contains the razor blades, but is shown empty. f

Fig. 1 is a 'plan view of `a platform looking toward the inside of the platform within one end of which the Iblade holder shown in Fig. 6 is positioned.

Fig. 8 is a transverse section along line 8 8 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a Itransverse section -along line 9 9 of Fig. 1.

Referring in ,detail to the fparts, I I designates a.

platform Ihaving sid-e Walls I2 and turned in ledges I3 forming channels I4 within which a razor blade holfder I5 is adapted to 'be fixed. The said platform ,II is further formed with an end slot I6 and an: opening I1 Ifor a purpose which will .behereina'fter described.

The razor blade holder I5 is adapted Ato house a multiplicity of razor blades I 8 and I8', the -latter being the uppermost razor blade of the many contained within the said holder I5. Lugs I9 are formed from the ibase of the said holder I5 and are adapted toengage in lcut outs I9' of the razor blades which are of conventional type and have regulation central-ly aligned slots therein. A finger 2| is formed upon and extends from a wall 222 of the said holder I5 and is adapted to rest -within the cent-ral slot of a razor blade during the time -that the blade is being ejected from the blade holder.

Razor blades I8 are stacked within the holder I5, such blades Ibeing normally maintained in the position shown in Fig. 5 and by the dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3. Any suitable means may -be employed, as crimping or offsetting the ledges I3, as at 23 and turning up the end portions 24 to lock the said holder I5 in the platform I I. The top of the Afront wall 22 of the holder I5 is slightly lower than the top of the side walls "2 5, thereby forming a slot 26 through which a razor 'blade may pass. An opening 21 is provided in the Ibottom of the blade holder I5.

In order to use the dispenser, the index finger of one hand is positioned Within the opening 21 pressing the stack of blades I8 towards the platform I I. 'I'he thumb is positioned upon the platform I I so that the sides of the thumb rest upon both sides of opening I1 of the platform. Because of the resiliency of the esh of the thumb, the center of the thumb enters the opening I1 contacting the uppermost blade I8. Because of the upward pressure of the index finger toward the platform II and Ithe pressure of the sides of the thumb on both sides of opening I1 of the platform II and the flesh of the central underneath side of the thumb, the uppermost blade I8' will move outward towards the slotted end or guard portion of the platform1by forward movement of the thumb. When blade 'I8' has reached the position shown in Fig. 3 it is then positioned in the razor 28 by placing the shoulder of the blade so that slot 3l of blade I8 is against one end vof the central guide rib 29. rI'he thumb of the hand which holds the razor is then placed upon the shoulder of the blade I8', as shown in Fig. 1 and by withdrawing the dispenser from the razor, the blade I8 automatically drops in proper position in therazor guided by the central guide rib 29. The blade may then be locked in the razorhead as is wellknown in the art.

A piece of cardboard or like material upon which any desired legend, trade-mark or indicia may be carried may be laid in place under the bottom blade so that such indicia will be'visible through the opening 21 permitting the removal of the last blade.

It is obvious that Yvarious changes and modifi cations may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from .2.

the general spirit of the invention.

I claim:

A container and dispenser for safety razor blades comprising a holder having a bottom, upstanding side walls, front and rear end waiis, a platform resting upon the side walls and the rear end wall of said holder and projecting forwardly beyond the front end of the holder, depending flanges extending along the opposite side edges of said platform and having inwardly projecting ledges along their lower edges engaging under the opposite side portions of the bottom of said holder, members carried by the ledges and engaging the front and rear ends of the holder and locking the holder in place under said platform,.the front end wall' being oiless height than the side walls and having its upper edge spaced downwardly from the platform and defining -a discharge passage for blades between the platform and the front end of the holder, said holder having a finger-receiving opening therein inter- 4 mediate the length of its bottom, said platform having a thumb-receiving opening therein disposed over the opening in the bottom o1' the holder, the projecting front portion of said platform having a longitudinally extending slot leading from its front end intermediate its width, lugs extending upwardly from the bottom of said holder adapted to pass through a stack of blades in the holder and having upper ends spaced downwardly from the platforml a distance corresponding to the depth of the discharge passage, where- A-by when the stacked blades in the holder are pressed upwardly by the finger passing through the finger-receiving opening, the uppermost blade maybe shifted forwardly through the discharge passage by the thumb, and a tongue extending forwardly from the front end wall of said holder under the slot in the forwardly projecting portion of the platform and constituting a member radapted to engage in a slot extending longitu- REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the ille of this patent:

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